Monitoring system: Rio Tinto

The report MUST cover the following issues: 1. A description of the business in question (the business) 2. An overview of the business and its main operations 3. A description of the part of the business that forms the base of the report (if you are not writing about the total business) 4. An evaluation of the business to determine what Phase the business is currently at (A) 5. An estimation of what Phase the business could be elevated to (B) 6. A time-lined development plan to convert the business from (A) to (B) 7. A Monitoring system to ensure the business remains at (B) Some key points that should be identified or used in the MSA • INTRODUCTION. Introduction to monitoring systems and the development of indicators in general. In this section students should review the literature on the characteristics of good monitoring systems and the features that contribute to effective indicators. This part of the MSA could be in essay form but it may be useful to use a Table or Tables to summarise indicator characteristics. All three dimensions of sustainability (economic, ecological, socio-cultural) must be addressed. (guide: 2-4 pages) • THE ENTERPRISE. Description of the enterprise/business. This part of the MSA should describe which phase the business is at right now (in your qualified opinion) (Point A) and give your justification. From this information you should then work out what phase it could get to (Point B). You then need to work out the framework of a plan as to how it can get from A to B. You may look at the whole business or you may look at a part of the operations only, or you may look at just one dimension like the ecological or economic side (guide 2-3 pages) • SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSIONS. Consider 1, 2 or all 3 sustainability dimensions as they apply to this enterprise. In this section students should identify and describe the range of socio-cultural, economic and environmental dimensions that apply to the operation of the chosen enterprise and explain how each is relevant. Some dimensions may apply more to specific enterprises but specific detailed treatment of at least one dimension must be examined in detail. This part of the MSA could be a mixture of report and essay formats. (guide 2-3 pages). • INDICATORS FOR MONITORING. Develop a list of indicators to monitor the dimension(s) you have chosen. The description of each indicator must include what the indicator is, how it will be measured and reported, and any limitations or challenges associated with it. It is likely to be an effective use of space to incorporate the required information in an initial one page summary Table using the columns: Indicator name, its definition, its measurement, key challenges/limitations and then base the essay discussion around the points in this Table (2-3 further pages). • REFERENCES. References (APA style). Please ensure in-text referencing is used correctly • SUMMARY. Ideally what you have written should be concisely summarised so that the reader can get the gist of your ideas, approach and your methodology without having to read the whole MSA • CONCLUSION. The MSA needs to end with a well constructed conclusion that finalises the MSA in a logical and well reasoned manner Note: Students should not copy KPI s (key performance indicators) or ISO series targets from an organisation where they work or which they know well. If you feel you cannot avoid doing this with places you know well, please undertake your report on an organisation quite unfamiliar to you. The aim of the task is to make students think through the process of constructing indicators. Important Note: please find any Australian company which easy to get information about it, and then analyse it. -Write about monitor and develop monitoring system. -please use an academic references (articles, books) and do not use web sites at all. -use more than 20 references. -There is a file about six phases, write about them, and identify in which level the company is now, and how can the company reach phase six. - Also its important to write about the indicators and sustainability dimension, there is a couple of file attached to understand them. - its important to follow the criteria sheet which is attached - u should put heading in the essay - a good sample is attached , please see how the sample is written. -Write in the first page about Executive Summery. - please send to me the topic to approve it before u start writing thanks

Aspect: Employment LA1
Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region.
Aspect: Training and Education
LA10 Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category.
Labor Practices & Decent Work Performance Indicators
LA2 Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region.
LA3 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations.
Aspect: Labor/ Management Relations
LA4 Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.
LA5 Minimum notice period(s) regarding
significant operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements.
Aspect: Occupational Health and Safety
LA6 Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs.
LA7 Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and total number of work-related fatalities by region.
LA8 Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases.
LA11 Programs for skills management and
lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings.
LA12 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.
Aspect: Diversity and Equal Opportunity
LA13 Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity.
LA14 Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category.
LA9 Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.

The ILO Decent Work Agenda is framed within the context of fair globalization, which aims to achieve both economic growth and equity through a combination of social and economic goals. The Agenda has four elements:
•    Employment;
•    Dialogue;
•    Rights; and
•    Protection.
The structure of the Labor Indicators is broadly based on the concept of decent work. The set begins with disclosures on the scope and diversity of the reporting organization's workforce, emphasizing aspects of gender and age distribution.
The approach to dialogue between the organization and its employees, and the degree to which employees are organized in representative bodies are covered by Indicators LA4 (which complements Indicator HR5 on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining) and LA5.
The physical protection and well-being of people at work is covered by Occupational Health and Safety Indicators (LA6, LA7, LA8, LA9), which address both the scope of programs as well as statistical performance on health and safety.
The scope of employee benefits and contributions toward a broad social goal of diversity and equal treatment is addressed by LA14 (Pay Equity), LA13 (Diversity) and LA3 (Benefits). Indicators in the Economics category also provide relevant information. The support organizations provide to employees to enhance personal skills and potential (which also improves the organization's human capital) is represented in Indicators LA10, LA11, and LA12.
Definitions Total workforce
The total number of persons working for the reporting organization at the end of the reporting period (i.e., the sum of all employees and supervised workers as defined above).
Worker
Generic term for any person performing work, regardless of the contractual relationship.
An individual who is, according to national law or practices, recognized as an employee of the reporting organization.
Supervised worker
An individual who performs regular work on-site for, or on behalf of, the reporting organization but is not recognized as an employee under national law or practice.
Independent contractor
An individual legally recognized as being self-employed.
Collective bargaining agreements
There are two types of collective bargaining agreements, aimed either at employers or workers. Those aimed at employers are agreements in writing regarding working conditions and terms of employment concluded between an employer, a group of employers, or one or more employers' organizations. Those aimed at workers are agreements between one or more representative workers' organizations, or, in the absence of such organizations, the representatives of the workers duly elected and authorized by them in accordance with national laws and regulations.
Employee categories
General breakdown of employees based on the function or department within the organization (e.g., senior management, middle management, professional, technical, administrative, production, maintenance, etc.) derived from an organization's own human resources system.
General References
•    ILO Convention 135, 'Workers' Representatives Convention', 1971.
•    ILO Convention 87, 'Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise', 1948.
•    ILO Convention 98, 'Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining', 1949.
•    ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998.
•    ILO Decent Work Agenda, 1999.
•    ILO Tripartite Declaration Concerning Multinationals and Social Policy, 1977, amended 2000.
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